Kyla Bourne

At Paper Prisons, Kyla Bourne works to implement the Clean Slate Initiative automatic record expungement notification and outcomes randomized control trials alongside the Santa Clara Public Defender's Office. She is also conducting a mixed-methodology evaluation of the California Racial Justice Act (CRJA) statewide at the University of California, Irvine School of Criminology, Law and Society. Dr. Bourne is committed to teaching data skills to legal professionals and communities impacted by the criminal legal system. She has organized and taught Hacking 4 Justice workshops in Chicago as well as CRJA seminars in Berkeley, San Diego, and (online) with the California Office of the State Public Defender. Dr. Bourne received her PhD in Sociology from the University of Chicago as well as a Master's of Legal Studies from the University of Chicago Law School.

Alivia Dawson

Legal Studies

Alivia Dawson is a third-year undergraduate student intending to study legal studies at UC Berkeley. She is passionate about reducing racial disparities in the criminal justice system and hopes to one day pursue a successful career in law.

Juliette Draper

Law Student

Juliette is a law student at Berkeley Law. She has a background in policy research in the reproductive health and justice space. After law school, Juliette hopes to be a litigator in her hometown of Houston, Texas and wants to do advocacy work in the economic justice space.

Shanzeh Faheem

Law

Shanzeh Faheem is a third-year law student at Berkeley Law. She is born and raised in Pakistan and now lives in California. She graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Science in Public Policy. At Berkeley, Shanzeh is involved with racial justice and immigration advocacy work. To that end, Shanzeh will join the Alameda Public Defender office as a Post-Bar Law Clerk after graduation. Shanzeh hopes to make critical data accessible for incarcerated people and their loved ones at Paper Prisons.

Arthur Filppu

Law

Arthur works with Professor Chien on artificial intelligence research focused on protecting consumers, protecting privacy, and ensuring an even playing field for all in the era of AI. He is a second year at Berkeley Law.

Alonzo Harvey

Political Science

Alonzo Harvey graduated from UC Berkeley in 2025 and is aspiring to become a crime defense lawyer. A father of three, he balances parenting with his role as a data analyst on the Racial Justice Act team at the Criminal Law and Justice Center, led by Chesa Boudin. Formerly incarcerated, Alonzo's personal growth and commitment to justice drive his efforts in analyzing DA policies to support racial equity in the criminal justice system.

Audrey Im

Computer Science

Audrey Im is a backend software engineer working for DoorDash with an interest in public policy, looking to leverage her technical acumen for social good.

Chau Le

Law Student

Chau is a law student at Berkeley Law. Her legal interests include housing justice and human rights within the criminal legal context. After law school, she hopes to pursue a career in public defense or civil rights litigation on behalf of plaintiffs harmed by the carceral system.

Dylan Margolis

Economics & Data Science

Dylan Margolis is a senior at UC Berkeley majoring in Economics and Data Science. He has interest in the intersection between technology and the law, particularly how data science and econometric frameworks can be utilized to improve the efficacy and implementation of the legal system.

Aarav Minocha

Political Science & Philosophy with a minor in Public Policy

Freshman from New York majoring in Political Science and Philosophy at Berkeley. Interested in technology governance as well as how policy can be used to expand access to mental health resources to improve outcomes in the criminal justice field. Hopes to one day go to law school.

Dylan Martinez

Computer Science, Philosophy, and German

Isabelle is a junior at UC Berkeley majoring in Computer Science, Philosophy, and German and interested in tech law and public policy.

Anita Srinivasan

Law

Anita Srinivasan is an LL.M. candidate at UC Berkeley School of Law and a Frédéric Bastiat Fellow at the Mercatus Center, George Mason University. She earned her first law degree from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. Prior to Berkeley, Anita practiced law in India for a decade, advising on securities, M&A, fintech, and blockchain regulation. Her current research explores AI governance and the regulation of emerging technologies, with a focus on how legal systems can adapt to increasingly agentic AI applications and decentralized architectures.

Kelly Tsu

Political Science

Kelly graduated from UC Berkeley in 2024 and is a volunteer on the research team. She currently works in tech and intends to apply to law school where she can utilize and combine her knowledge and experiences for public good.

Sarah Michelle Varley

Sociology

Sarah Varley, a senior sociology major at UC Berkeley and Regents' and Chancellor's Scholar, aims to attend law school after graduation. After a 15-year hiatus, she returned to school thanks to remote learning and has diverse experience, including running a wolf sanctuary with her fiancé. She continues her work in wolf rescue through her YouTube channel, aspiring to combine animal-assisted healing and criminal justice reform as an attorney.

Tanya Wei

Political Science & Economics

Tanya is a sophomore at UC Berkeley studying Economics and Political Science. She's passionate about the intersection between economics and justice, particularly how expanding rehabilitation and equitable economic policies can empower formerly incarcerated communities. She hopes to build an impactful career in law.

Kingdawud Burgess

Media & Public Outreach

Kingdawud Burgess is an undergraduate at UC Berkeley who supports the Paper Prisons Initiative by filming and producing social media content. He has contributed his voice to NPR's StoryCorps and founded the nonprofit ManyBrilliantMinds to help others grow. His passion for music and film led him to launch DirtyCide Multimedia LLC.